Ask Lemmy

I've stopped going to fast food chains. Local fast casual or Sheetz/Wawa is better food, faster, and cheaper. McDonald's et al don't have any fucking value prop left.

The quality depends on locations and staffing, etc. Also vegetarian options at fast food joints are a guaranteed way to have crappy food. The big name fast food places have never had good choices for vegetarian/vegan stuff.

It's fast and McDonalds is one of the only places in my city that is open 24/7

I don't go there regularly anymore after I stopped working as a service technician who had to travel a lot.

I'm vegan and we have a local vegan fast food joint. Sometimes I just want some. It's a small business so I'm supporting them.

The only one I typically go to these days is taco bell because I like the flavor and homemade any of it doesn't taste the same no matter how hard I try. I do make tacos at home often, it still isn't exactly the same (good but different). With the mobile app that I run in a sandbox the prices also aren't the worst in the world and the rewards for free food stack fast.

But burger king is garbage, and I say that as a former BK customer. I think it has gone extremely downhill in the last 5-10 years and the prices have also gone up. It just doesn't make sense anymore. I got a griddle at home and can relatively easily cook up some tasty frozen patties seasoned just how I like.

Same for KFC, Wendy's, Arby's, and Carl's Jr. KFC flavor and quality seems to have gone downhill. Wendy's is exceptionally expensive typically. Arby's is not only expensive but I feel the quality has also gone down. Carl's Jr seems to be roughly the same, but the prices have gone up and the one near me is typically slow so you can tell the patty you end up with has been drying under a heat lamp for hours.

Everything at McDonald's tastes too processed and sugary to me, unsure why (and one would think I'd have a similar response to TB...)

Anyway...long story short I probably go when I go because of an attempt at nostalgia or fast convenience - but not to save money or for quality.

People go to fast food places because while it isn't good, you know what to expect. It's going to be mediocre food for a relatively quick wait.

You just need to figure out your meal quickly without too much effort or thought? Fast food.

You could always go to a new restaurant but you don't know if they will take forever to serve you, if the food will be good, etc. But everybody knows what to expect from fast food brands.

I can get two whoppers for about 5 dollars and they are full of flavor over here (Brazil).

I don't go to BK regularly, but can confirm my experience with their Impossible burger was also disappointing.

The only thing I get at Burger King is the original chicken sandwich or chicken nuggets. Their chicken is better than their burgers and I like to say they should change their name to Chicken King cuz the burgers suck.

I haven't been to Burger King in years, but I have been feeling the call of the void the past few times I've been traveling and needed a place to stop and grab some food.

I stopped eating at "BK" for the better part of a decade after I got terribly sick from eating one of their "Rodeo Burgers". It was basically the low-end burger option, except they replaced the onion with onion rings and used ketchup-based barbecue for the sauce.

The onion rings must've been the previous day's unsold rejects or something. I remember having the worst heartburn I've ever experienced in my life and then feeling so terribly sick for the next 2 days.

I'm 99% sure I have had BK since then, but it was breakfast-only.

Back in the day, it was the only fast food option for onion rings where I was growing up. They sucked compared to the real thing, but despite that they had their appeal. Now my stomach turns just thinking about them.

I don't go to our only city with KFC and stuff a lot, so when I go I usually get a vegan burger there even tho it's mad expensive

Their chicken sandwich is like crack. No one else gets the melty fat flavor just right.

We eat pretty healthy at home. Sometimes I need to indulge in eating terrible for me junk. BK is the only fast food that I do this with because it’s absolutely the best, at least to me.

i eat at mcD once every 2-3 years just to remind my how awful it is. used to eat there multiple times a week, and i dont know how. all the burgers taste like they were dipped in the dead sea.

As far as fast food goes, it's actually pretty good here where I live. Granted, there are better options, and sometimes way better options, but BK isn't bad.